KR20190116680A - Method and computer program for providing a service of a game - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a game service providing method and a computer program based on an interest region setting registration in an online game map. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the game service providing method comprises the operations of: receiving, by a game server, an interest region setting request of a map from a player terminal; receiving a first access signal for a registered interest region of the terminal; transmitting game data about the accessed interest region to the terminal; and transmitting a game client control signal of the terminal according to a second access signal of the terminal.

Description

Method of providing a game service and a computer program therefor {Method and computer program for providing a service of a game}

The present invention relates to an online game, and more particularly, to a method of providing a game convenience service through registration of a region of interest setting of a game map, a user interface for the same, and a computer program thereof.

Recently, a role-playing game (RPG) has been in the spotlight, providing a huge amount of items and having almost unlimited characteristics and types of items based on the creator's creation.

Such a role-playing game typically selects a desired region from a map provided by a game server to play a game in the selected region. Through the development of social media, game broadcasting such as broadcasting media, and the like, information on maps and regions of games are exposed online, and many game players may be played in specific regions. However, in the online game, various variables exist according to the access time, the number of users, and many users can play the game in the area of the exposed map.

Game service providing method according to an embodiment, the game server, receiving the region of interest registration request of the map from the player terminal; Receiving a first access signal for a registered ROI of the terminal; Transmitting game data about the accessed region of interest to the terminal; And transmitting a game client control signal of the terminal according to the second access signal of the terminal.

The game service providing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes the step of, when the first access signal is received, checking a requested region of interest with a server corresponding to the first access signal, and generating game data. It is characterized by.

In the game service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment, the game data may include at least one of image, video, and audio data of a corresponding region of interest.

In a game service providing method according to an embodiment, the game data may include video data in a CCTV form in a window.

The game service providing method according to an embodiment may include registering a corresponding region as a region of interest in a corresponding player's account according to the region of interest registration request.

In the method of providing a game service according to an embodiment, the control signal may include control data related to at least one of detailed watching, ending watching, capturing or recording an image, moving to a corresponding region of interest, or teleporting. do.

A computer program recorded on a recording medium for performing a game service providing method, the method comprising: receiving, by a game server, a region of interest registration request of a map from a player terminal; Receiving a first access signal for a registered ROI of the terminal; Transmitting game data about the accessed region of interest to the terminal; And transmitting a game client control signal of the terminal according to the second access signal of the terminal.

Game service providing method according to an embodiment, the game client, the game server to display the game screen and the game region of interest registration request UI according to the game execution; When the game ROI registration request UI is first accessed, transmitting information about a corresponding region to a game server; Requesting game data for the first accessed ROI when the registered ROI first access information is received; And constructing and displaying a region of interest screen based on game data of the region of interest received from the game server.

According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a method of providing a game service may include: transmitting a second access request to a game server when a second access request for a region of interest monitored by a player is received; And a game control operation by receiving a control signal of a game server according to the second access request, wherein the control signal includes at least one of detailed watching, ending watching, capturing or recording an image, moving to a corresponding region of interest, or teleporting. It is characterized by including a performance and related control data.

In the computer program recorded on the recording medium to perform the game service providing method according to an embodiment, the method, the game client, the game server to display the game screen and the game region of interest registration request UI according to the game execution from the game server action; When the game ROI registration request UI is first accessed, transmitting information about a corresponding region to a game server; Requesting game data for the first accessed ROI when the registered ROI first access information is received; And constructing and displaying a region of interest screen based on game data of the region of interest received from the game server.

1 is a diagram for describing a game service system, according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a service providing method of a game terminal and a game server for a region of interest according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 and 4 are diagrams for describing map data according to an exemplary embodiment.
5 is a diagram illustrating a method for registering a region of interest setting from map data, according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a monitoring operation on a region of interest registered and registered according to an exemplary embodiment.
7 and 8 are diagrams for describing operation control of a region of interest according to an exemplary embodiment.
9 is a diagram illustrating a teleport operation control according to an embodiment.

Terms used herein will be briefly described, and embodiments will be described in detail.

The terminology used herein is to select general terms that are widely used at present, considering the function thereof, but may vary according to the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technologies, and the like. In addition, in certain cases, there is a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the corresponding description. Therefore, the terms used in the present specification should be defined based on the meanings of the terms and the contents throughout the present specification, rather than simple names of the terms.

When any part of the specification is to "include" any component, this means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, the terms "... means", "... unit", "module", etc. described in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software, or hardware and software. It can be implemented as a combination of.

Hereinafter, various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the embodiments. However, embodiments may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted for clarity of explanation, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

1 is a diagram illustrating a game service system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the game service system 100 may include at least one game terminal 10 and 11 and a game server 20 supporting a game service through a network. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, only one game terminal 10 is described as an example, but for example, at least one or more of the embodiment (s) disclosed herein may be performed in the same or similar manner to the other game terminal 11. Can be.

The game terminal 10 is a computing device serving as a game client that installs and executes game client software to support a player to enjoy a game. The game terminal 10 may download the game client software, execute the game after installation, and perform the game according to the support of the game client. At this time, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the game client of the game terminal 10 outputs the previously downloaded game map information to the game terminal 10, and registers and sets a setting for the region of interest from the output game map information. A control signal, such as an access to a registered region of interest, may be exchanged with the game server 20, and the operation may be performed by at least one of the game client and the game server 20. The game terminal 10 connects to a game server 20 that supports a game service through a network.

The game server 20 is a game content providing server that provides various game contents used for an online game, a customer management server that manages information of players who are provided with the game content, and the game content providing server and the customer management server. Thus, it may be configured as a game content experience sharing server that provides and controls a game content sharing experience service used by players, and may be physically implemented as one or more computing devices. Map providing server for generating, updating, management, etc. map information for the online game may be further included. Here, the map providing server may not be implemented as a separate server but may be implemented in a form included internally as a sub server of the other server.

The online game provided by the game server 20 includes a game engine implemented in the form of a program for outputting a physical movement corresponding to a player's operation. The game server 20 provides game client software for executing an online game to the game terminal 10, and collects the online game state information of players so that the game client can play the online game. Can share The game server 20 may provide a user interface (UI) for a game service to the game terminal 10 through a game client.

Components constituting the game service system 100 may exchange data by performing data communication with each other through a wired / wireless communication network. In this case, the wired / wireless communication network for data communication may use a specific communication network as previously promised among the components, and all the components in the game service system 100 should use the same communication network. no.

The game terminal 10 may be a dedicated terminal for a game service. On the other hand, such a game terminal is described for the convenience of a mobile device such as a smartphone as an example, but is not necessarily limited thereto. In addition, the game terminal 110 may include an application program interface (API) or embedded software (Embaded Software) related to a game service application or its use. In other words, the game service providing method may be performed through an application including an API or embedded software pre-installed in the game terminal 10, but is not limited thereto. The game service may be provided through a website (WEBSITE). It may be.

Meanwhile, the game terminal 10 may transmit or receive data or a signal (including the same) to the game server 20 by itself, and transmit the data or the data to the game server 20 through the pre-installed game service application. You can send or receive signals. In this case, the data or signal transmitted or received to the game server 20 may be related to content of an application previously installed in the terminal for a game service, but is not limited thereto. Meanwhile, the game terminal 10 may include a terminal device, a terminal, a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber station (MSS), a subscriber station (SS), an advanced mobile station (AMS), and a wireless terminal (WT). For example, at least one of a machine-type communication (MTC) device, a machine-to-machine (M2M) device, and a device-to-device (D2D) device may be provided. This is merely an example, and the game terminal 10 according to an embodiment should be interpreted as a concept including all devices capable of transmitting data or signals that are currently developed and commercialized or will be developed in addition to the above-described examples. In addition, the terminals do not have to communicate only with the same or one game server. For example, the first game terminal 10 may communicate with a game service server installed in Korea, and the second game terminal 11 may be a game service server installed in a foreign country.

Next, the game server 130 refers to an entity capable of performing data communication with at least one game terminal through a wired / wireless communication network, and the game server 20 may be a plurality of games. The service may further include various one or more servers such as a payment server, a fintech service server, a client server, and the like. The game server 20 may be called a processor according to a system.

Meanwhile, the game server 20 according to the present invention may collect and process data / big data necessary for the game service, such as data related to the game terminal 10, and so on. You can also embed or attach a database (DB) to store this data. In the above description, the payment server or the fintech service server may use an external server or a service platform instead of one component of the game server 20. The game server 20 may include a cloud server, an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) server, a telephony application server, an instant messaging server, a media gateway control function (MGCF) server, and an MSG (MSG). At least one of a Messaging Gateway (CSG) server and a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) server may be used as an embodiment. The game server 20 may be a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer, a tablet personal computer (PC), or the like. It may be implemented as a device that refers to the entity capable of data communication.

Meanwhile, the wire / wireless communication network refers to a data communication network supporting various types of data communication, such as text, digital image, digital video, and digital voice information between the game terminal 10 and the game server 20. The kind is not particularly limited. For example, it may be an IP (Internet Protocol) network supporting large data communication through the Internet Protocol (IP) or an All IP network integrating different IP networks. The wired / wireless communication network may include a wired network, a wireless broadband network, a mobile communication network including WCDMA, a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) network, and a long term evolution (LTE) network, LTE advanced. It may be formed by one or a combination of at least one of a mobile communication network, a satellite communication network and a Wi-Fi network including (LTE-A).

2 is a flowchart illustrating a service providing method of a game terminal and a game server for a region of interest according to an embodiment. FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams for explaining map data according to an embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method for registering a region of interest setting from map data according to an embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a monitoring operation for a region of interest registered and registered according to an embodiment. FIGS. 7 and 8 FIG. 9 illustrates an operation control for a region of interest according to an embodiment, and FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a teleport operation control according to an embodiment.

The game is executed in the game terminal 10 (operation 201), and the game player may request registration of the region of interest from the map information provided by the game client (eg, the world map) (operation 202).

When the game client of the game terminal 10 detects the ROI registration request of the game player 202, the game client 10 transmits the request to the game server 20. The game server 20 registers the region as the region of interest of the game player of the corresponding account according to the region of interest registration request in the map information transmitted by the game client of the game terminal 10 (operation 203).

After the operation 203, when the game player requests the access to the region of interest in the game terminal 10 (operation 204), the game client of the game terminal 10 requests the access to the region of interest. To pass. The game server may be connected to a server associated with the request for the region of interest based on account information of the game player of the game terminal 10 in response to an access request for the region of interest transmitted by the game client of the game terminal 10. After checking the requested region of interest, game data corresponding to the access request is generated to respond to the request of the game terminal 10 (operation 205).

When the response of the game server 20 is received according to operation 205, the game player of the game terminal 10 monitors data for the region of interest generated based on game data for the region of interest provided by the game client ( Operation 206).

When the game player of the game terminal 10 makes an access request for the region of interest that is being monitored (operation 207), the game client transmits the access request to the game server 20 again. The game server 20 controls the region of interest according to the access request of operation 207 transmitted by the game client of the game terminal 10 (operation 208). The control may be performed by generating a control signal, and the generated control signal may be fed back to the game terminal 10 as a response signal corresponding to the access request of operation 207. On the other hand, the control may include transmission of control signals associated with detailed watching, ending watching, capturing or recording images, moving to a region of interest, or performing a teleport as described below.

The game terminal 10 then performs a game service (operation 209).

In relation to the ROI registration request in the map information of operation 202, FIG. 3 illustrates a world map 310 with map information provided according to an embodiment, and FIG. 4 illustrates the world map of FIG. 3 according to an embodiment. Map information 410 is shown for the particular continent 410 selected in 310. Meanwhile, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, a plurality of regions exist on a specific continent of the world map, and when a game player selects a specific region 510, a registration button is provided along with information about the region as a pop-up message or the The region of interest registration for the selected region 510 may be performed through the region of interest registration request button 520 provided in one region of map information 410. That is, the game client of the game terminal 10 may extract information about the request region 510 selected by the game player, and transfer the information about the extracted region to the game server 20. Accordingly, as described above, the game server 20 maps the delivered area information to the account of the corresponding player and stores it in a database.

According to one embodiment, the region of interest access request in operation 204 may be a call to the region of interest of the game player. Here, the call includes a request for outputting information on a region of interest registered by the game player. Meanwhile, according to an embodiment, one or more regions of interest may be registered. Referring to FIG. 6, a method of configuring an output screen of three registered ROIs 610, 620, and 630 is illustrated. Here, the method of configuring the output screen for the regions of interest 610, 620, 630 is not necessarily limited to the illustrated embodiment. For example, although the screens for three regions of interest are provided in parallel in the form of windows of the same size in FIG. 6, they may be provided in a hierarchical structure, or may be sequentially provided in a slide form according to the passage of three times. In addition, the screen for the region of interest is prioritized based on various factors such as the region of interest registration time, the frequency and frequency of registered region of interest access, the maintenance and duration after the registered region of interest access, and the number or frequency of additional accesses to the region of interest. The ranking may be different or the above-described screen configuration may be different. In addition, when an access signal for an output screen for a specific region of interest is received from the three ROI output screens illustrated in FIG. 6, the game client may display an output screen of another region of interest with respect to the output screen for the region of interest. It can process differently. For example, leave only the selected region of interest output screen and call up or dismiss the output of another region of interest, play only the selected region of interest output screen (at this time, stop or stop the video of the remaining region of interest), You can change the size of the window, change the resolution, apply HDR, change the color, play the audio (mute the rest of the region of interest), highlight it, and create a separate list of favorites from the region of interest. On the other hand, the output screen configuration for the region of interest shown in Figure 6 may be implemented and provided as if CCTV, in this case audio information may be provided selectively. For example, when a plurality of region of interest output screens are output at the same time, only the audio of the output screen of the region of highest priority calculated based on the above-described various factors is provided, and the rest is before selecting the region of interest. Can mute.

In another embodiment, when the game terminal 10 calls for a region of interest, the game client configures an output screen for a specific region of interest by providing only one window based on game data received from the game server 20. You can also provide At this time, if the access signal for the output screen for the region of interest is received, the output screen for the other sub-regions in the region, the output screen of different angles for the region, the game player currently playing in the region The focused output screen, the output screen of the currently playing game player of the region, and the like may be provided in a mosaic structure, a parallel structure, or a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. 6.

On the other hand, if there is a call to the region of interest, including Figure 6, the game client is a detailed information against the region of interest among the information contained in the game data provided by the game server 20, for example, the popularity of the region, It may provide in real time information necessary for the player who is currently playing, information about an alliance or circle to which the player belongs, resources or weapons of a corresponding region, or a game player of the game terminal 10 interested or playing. .

FIG. 7 is a monitoring screen for an output screen or a detailed output screen for a specific region of interest, and may record a screen currently being viewed through a recording button 710 implemented in one region of the screen. That is, the game client reports the request to the game server 20 or transmits a control signal corresponding thereto according to the recording request of the corresponding player, and the game server 20 responds to the request from the server or the corresponding area according to the reception of the request or the control signal. After checking the back, you can record and save the database of the account.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 7, a move or teleport request button 720 is provided in another area of the screen, and may move to the region of interest according to the game player's selection. In this case, the movement may be processed to be moved according to a setting such as a position of a screen currently being viewed / recorded or a position of a region of interest when a teleport is requested. Meanwhile, the teleport may be used free of charge, for example, but a certain game cost may be allocated to ensure stable and convenient game play in consideration of various situations and other factors such as the situation of other game players. For example, referring to FIG. 7, 11,000 game costs are consumed when using one teleport.

The above-described buttons, operations, and the like of recording and teleporting can be applied to the embodiments of the other drawings. For example, in the screen of FIG. 6, the user may request and perform recording or teleport while maintaining the screen configuration for all or part of the regions of interest according to the batch or selection. In this case, in the case of teleporting, since the game player intends to play the game, the split screen configuration of the regions of interest of FIG. 6 disappears and the teleport screen to the selected region of interest is entirely displayed on the game screen of the game terminal 10. Can be provided.

Referring to FIG. 8, this may be one ROI of FIG. 16 or may start from the screen of FIG. 7, wherein a specific region 810 for the ROI is focused or selected, and the specific region 810 is selected or the specific region. If there is access to 810, relevant details may be provided. For example, if it is determined that the access is related to a game object, the game client may provide brief / detailed player information (eg, whether the player is in an alliance or hostile relationship with the game player of the game terminal 10, the level of the selected player, and equipment). Information, etc.), and a teleport request to a corresponding area of another game player may be included. In addition, the selection area 810 may be implemented by the game client with various additional operations such as enlargement or reduction, resolution change, color change, and audio playback.

Meanwhile, FIG. 9 illustrates an embodiment of a setting or a restriction related to a request of a teleport. 9A, buttons may be provided for setting the number of times limit 912, a teleport available time, or a use time 914 in the teleport request 910. As in the latter case, in the case of teleportable time, the teleport may be limited in spite of the teleport request, if it is not the available time based on the current time. In addition, in the case of using the teleport, the game play may be performed in the corresponding area of the region after the teleport, but may be provided only for watching or watching the game player's viewpoint without changing the game state of the game character of the game player. In this case, it is possible to record the game player's perspective. In FIG. 9 (b), as shown in FIG. 7, the list of other game players (for example, a friend registered game player, etc.) is provided automatically or manually when the game player is low in cost despite the teleport request. Can be. 9 (b) may also be a list of other game players for requesting teleport to the region where I am or my region of interest.

3 to 9 described above may further implement various embodiments by each or any combination thereof. Therefore, according to various embodiments described herein, not only can quickly check and observe the real-time status of the place with respect to the region of interest, but also easily play the game through a teleport or the like.

Operations described herein are described as being sequentially operated for convenience of description, but are not necessarily limited thereto. According to an embodiment, a plurality of operations may be simultaneously performed and some operations may be different from those shown or described. The order may be implemented to be changed.

Method according to an embodiment is implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means may be recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although various embodiments have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also rights of the present invention. Belongs to the range.

Claims (10)

Game server,
Receiving a region of interest registration request of a map from a player terminal;
Receiving a first access signal for a registered ROI of the terminal;
Transmitting game data about the accessed region of interest to the terminal; And
Transmitting the game client control signal of the terminal according to the second access signal of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
And when the first access signal is received, checking the server corresponding to the first access signal and the requested region of interest, and generating game data. The method of claim 2,
The game data,
Game service providing method comprising at least one of the image, video, and audio data for the region of interest. The method of claim 1,
The game data,
Game service providing method comprising a video data of the CCTV type in the window. The method of claim 1,
And providing the region of interest to the player's account as the region of interest according to the region of interest registration request. The method of claim 1,
The control signal,
A method of providing a game service comprising control data related to performing at least one of detailed watching, ending watching, capturing or recording an image, moving to a corresponding region of interest, or teleporting. In the computer program recorded on the recording medium for performing the game service providing method, the method,
Game server,
Receiving a region of interest registration request of a map from a player terminal;
Receiving a first access signal for a registered ROI of the terminal;
Transmitting game data about the accessed region of interest to the terminal; And
And transmitting a game client control signal of the terminal according to the second access signal of the terminal. Game client,
Displaying a game screen and a game region of interest registration request UI according to game execution from a game server;
When the game ROI registration request UI is first accessed, transmitting information about a corresponding region to a game server;
Requesting game data for the first accessed ROI when the registered ROI first access information is received; And
And constructing and displaying a region of interest screen based on game data of the region of interest received from the game server. The method of claim 8,
If a second access request for a region of interest monitored by a player is received, forwarding the second access request to a game server; And
Receiving a control signal of the game server according to the second access request, the game control operation;
The control signal is a game service providing method comprising the control data associated with at least one of watching, ending watching, capturing or recording the image, moving to the region of interest or teleport. In the computer program recorded on the recording medium for performing the game service providing method, the method,
Game client,
Displaying a game screen and a game region of interest registration request UI according to game execution from a game server;
When the game ROI registration request UI is first accessed, transmitting information about a corresponding region to a game server;
Requesting game data for the first accessed ROI when the registered ROI first access information is received; And
And constructing and displaying a region of interest screen based on game data of the region of interest received from the game server.

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